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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1949
Page
11
Washington December 26 House GOP leader Joseph A. Martin Jr warned that a tax increase next year could plunge the nation into an economic tail spin risking millions of workers losing their jobs.
The article surveys how New Year celebrations span ancient to modern times, noting varied dates like September 22 in Persia and December 21 in Greece. It connects customs to luck beliefs, first-foot traditions, and the Roman Janus festival, while also touching on safety cautions about darkness and traffic fatalities in December.
Supervisor E. H. England of the Montana highway patrol warns after dark travel is riskier than daytime driving. The December rise in accidents prompts emphasis on night and holiday driving with support from the National Safety Council.
The inaugural Preakness Stakes took place at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland in 1873, establishing a historic horse racing event later known as a premier American classic.
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